LONDON MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 527, 3 December 1928, Page 12

LONDON MARKETS

FROZEN MEAT AND WHEAT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Sunday. Sheep—Canterbury, medium, Old; New Zealand ewes, 4id; Australian ewes, 4 l-8d; Argentine, heavy, 41d. Lambs —Canterbury, light, 93d; seconds, 8d; North Island seconds, 7?d; Australian firsts, Victorian, 9 l-|d; others, BJd; seconds, Victorian, 8d; others, 7Jd; thirds, 7 l-8d; Argentine, firsts, 8d; seconds, 6Jd. Chilled Beef. —Argentine fores, 4jd; hinds, 6 l-8d; others unchanged. COTTON, RUBBER, HEMP, ETC. (Last week’s prices in parentheses) Cotton —January delivery, 10.65 d (December, 10.17 d) a lb. Rubber —Para, 103 d (101 d) a lb; plantation and smoked, 8 9-16 d (8 11-16 d) a lb. jute December-January shipments, £33 (November-December, £32 2s 6d) a ton. , . Copra December-January shipments, £24 15s (November-December, £24 10s) a ton. Linseed Oil —£30 (£3O 15s) a ton. Turpentine—4Bs 9d (47s 6d) a cwt. HIDES Dry-salted, Queensland, 351 b to 451 b, 301 b to 401 b, and 251 b to 351 b, all 132 d; 201 b to 301 b, 14d; New South Wales, 14d. 14d, 14d and 14id, respectively. No business is passing in wet salteds, which are nominally unchanged. TALLOW The stocks of tallow are:—Stocks, 1,144 tons: imports, 799; deliveries, S9O . _ WHEAT Wheat—Cargoes are mostly 3d lower, but the market is steady, with Improved inquiry generally. By an unnamed ship in January to Japan, about 39s lOd. Parcels are inactive at 3d decline. Liverpool futures: December delivery, 9s Old per cental; March, 9s 1 7-Sd; May, 9s 2 l-Bd.